This article has a personal touch. Sure, it’s a (somewhat) technical article, but I mainly did this for my girlfriend. I never documented this, but now that I made a personal website with Hugo, I decided it’s worth a post. This took place somewhere in late spring / early summer 2023. Me and my girlfriend only knew each other a couple of months and we were just getting steady. We didn’t live together during this time yet. ...
This post briefly describes how to configure an OpenWrt router to function as a WireGuard VPN server. This enables me to have my phone always be securely connected to my home router, from wherever I am. First, install the necessary WireGuard kernel module: root # opkg update root # opkg install kmod-wiregard Generate a new private and public key pair for the server, and your first peer (e.g. your phone), and a pre-shared key for added post-quantum secrecy: ...